USWNT - High School

Chapter 27

Y'all happy for O'Solo, but there's always two sides to every story;)

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Julie's POV

"Hey, put away those phones. There's no girlfriends tonight." Lindsey walked into the living room, catching both Moe and I on our phones. I was to no one's surprise texting Christen, and even though it was silly, I found myself missing her already for the evening.

Moe was mostly just staring at her phone I think, secretly hoping to get some kind of message from Kelley. She pretended the whole thing didn't bother her, but it clearly did.

"Sorry." I mumbled, and put my phone away. I wanted to be in the moment with my friends, at least for a little while anyways. Moe seemed to do the same thing.

"So what are we watching tonight?" I asked, as I took the remote and started looking through what was on Netflix. Lindsey sat down on the couch next to me with a bowl of popcorn, and looked intensely at the screen as well.

Moe on the other hand, seemed to be severely distracted by her thoughts. I carefully poked Lindsey and hinted towards the other girl, and Lindsey sighed at the sight.
"You want some?" She offered Moe the bowl of popcorn, and it seemed to startle her for a brief second before she snapped out of whatever she was thinking about. She just shook her head slowly, and looked at the screen to take the attention off of herself. We weren't going to let her off that easily.

"Moe, what's wrong?" Lindsey asked, and Morgan seemed to be wanting to come up with a lie, but realized that would be pointless with us. We know her, and it's clear that something's bothering her. Someone.

"It's just," she started, and let out a sigh. "I mean, I'm glad Hope's getting better, of course I am. Otherwise I would be a terrible person. I just wish she would speak to me, you know? Communicate in some way, anything." She let herself be honest and she didn't even have to say Kelley's name. We knew it had to do with her and that whole fucked up situation.

"You're not a terrible person. You have every right to be angry at the situation, Moe." Lindsey spoke up, saying pretty much what I was thinking myself.
"But you know, with Kelley and Hope, there's like this inevitable force between them it seems. Like it sucks for whoever gets messed up in that, because they'll end up hurt." Lindsey continued, now letting out the harsh trust of the matter. I felt bad for Moe, even though she must've known what she was getting herself into, it's hard when you never even get closure.

"But if anyone were to challenge that 'force', it would be you." I added, trying to light it up slightly. I mean, Kelley did seem to like her, and god knows what could happen.
Lindsey nodded rapidly, probably feeling bad for having to be harsh and honest about the truth. She seemed glad I could find some positivity in it.

Moe seemed to agree with our words, but as expected they didn't really change the fact that she was let down, that she was hurt.

"It's not even that I'm heartbroken or anything, it didn't even last long at all. It just kinda sucks because I actually really liked spending time with her, and if she weren't lying the entire time, so did she. We had potential and now it's just, nothing. Just like that." Moe spoke up again, and it all made more sense. She was simply down about the fact that she had finally found someone she liked, and then for whatever reason she was already lost in someone else. It was a cruel doing by whatever controls this.

"God, I wish she would just say something. Tell me it's over, I get that. I'll be down for a few days and move on, butt this uncertainty is killing me. I hate not knowing what's going on." Moe let out another deep breath, and I felt so bad for not being able to help her. I truly didn't know what to do.

I found myself being slightly mad at Kelley for doing this to her. If she knew she would jump right back into Hope's arms when she was ready, then why put Morgan though that?

"Girls suck." Lindsey spoke up, and caught us both off guard with her words. I couldn't help but smile at her statement and it seemed Moe couldn't either, which I was happy about.
"You saying I suck?" I joked back, trying to keep the light mood going a little longer.

"It's gonna be okay, Moe. We're here for you, always." Lindsey ended the previous conversation on a good note, after we had joked a little back and forth.
"Thank you, I know that." Moe said genuine, and we all smiled.

"Now enough with the girl problems, let's just watch a comedy, shall we?" Lindsey continued, and Moe and I gladly joined in on the picking of a funny movie now. I think we were all in the mood to laugh.

We decided to watch You Again for the millionth time, seeing as it is our favorite movie. We pretty much know the lines by heart at this point. As Lindsey started it and was slightly distracted, I took the opportunity to pick up my phone again. I had gotten a bunch of texts from Christen, and they all made me smile tremendously.

'I understand, go be social'
'I will miss you though'
'Update: I miss you'
'Not to be dramatic but I rEALLY miss you'
'Is that weird I can't tell'
'I'll stop'
'No I won't, come back I'm needy'

She's so cute, I couldn't contain my happiness. I was smiling from ear to ear, and it didn't go unnoticed by my friends.

"Ugh, what did Christen say now?" Lindsey spitted out, pretending to be sicken by me.
"Look at that smile." Moe teased, and I was glad she seemed to be in a better mood. I ignored their comments, and texted Christen back quickly before again putting my phone away. I met both their eyes as soon as I looked back up, smug smiles on their faces.

"Stupid to ask, but I take that's going well?" Lindsey asked, giving me a more warm smile now. I realized I hadn't really talked about this with them all that much, I think we all just knew without having to say it.
"Yeah, it is. I really like her." I said back, looking down at my hands with a smile at the thought of Christen and I.

I felt kinda bad for being this happy, when Moe was this hurt. But there was nothing I could do to stop it either way, and it wouldn't help anything. I think maybe that's why I've been somewhat secretive about it though, not wanting to pry it in her face.

"Good. I'm happy for you." Moe spoke up now, and I looked up to find sincerity in her smile. It made me relax more, knowing she was okay with this.

"I would love to get to know her better, you should invite us all over sometime." Lindsey suggested, and I felt both eager and hesitant at the same time towards the idea.
"So you can embarrass me in front of her?" I joked, knowing they both sure loves to make me blush when they can.

"Have you told your parents?" Moe shot in, and the mood decreased again. I swallowed as I let out a loud sigh. I just shook my head slowly, not really up for talking about it.

"Melanie knows though, right? And she's taking it well?" Lindsey asked, and my sister was a topic I was more okay with answering.
"Yeah, Mel's been great." I smiled a little pale. I hated that my parents didn't accept me, that they couldn't find it in their hearts to love me unconditionally. Every parent should be bound by law to love their child, I don't get how they could not. I haven't done anything wrong.

"They'll come around too." Moe tried cheering me up, and I appreciated the words. I nodded, before looking at the screen again.

"So are we ever going to watch this movie, or not?" I said, trying to lighten the mood once again. The two other girls caught on quickly to my topic change, and joined me in finally starting the movie.